It’s worth $1.8 million and includes $300,000 in incentives, according to FOXSports.com’s Ken Rosenthal.

Arencibia, who turns 28 next month, will battle Geovany Soto for playing time in Texas. He spent the last three years as the Blue Jays’ starting catcher, hitting 62 homers. However, his OBP during that time was a pathetic .260, the second worst mark among all players with 1,000 plate appearances the last three seasons (Yuniesky Betancourt was worst, at .257). He had 389 strikeouts versus just 72 walks in 1,264 at-bats.

Last season, Arencibia bottomed out to a .227 OBP.

Soto projects better offensively and is the superior defensive catcher, so he should get most of the starts in Texas.

Well, yes, obviously he is better at baseball than 99.99999% of the general public. In relation to other major league baseball players, however, the evidence to date suggests that he is not very good…. I didn’t think that it was necessary to spell out the context of my remark like that

missthemexpos - Dec 6, 2013 at 1:24 PM

Maybe some of his whiffs on those hot Texas evenings will help to cool off the fans near home plate!